Horseshoe.



l. SIMATIC. HORSESHOE. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 20. 1911.

1,263,135. l i .Patented Apr.16,1918;

IVAN SIJMIA'LI),V OFCOKEBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

HORSESHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 16, 1918.

Application led October 20, 1917. Serial No. 197,597.

To au /w/Lom, it may concern.'

Be it known that I, IVAN Snvrnfrr, a subject of the King of Hungary, residing at Colreburg, in the county of `Washington and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a horseshoe that can be readily applied to a hoof and removed at will without the use of the usual nails, the shoe possessing great strength and being arranged for use when operatively attached to the hoof.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a special manner of hingedly connecting the side portions of a horseshoe forming a hinge joint between the portions of the shoe, not depending for its strength upon the pivoting member with which the joint is provided.

In the drawing forming a part of this application and in which like designatingl characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the device.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view thereof taken upon line II-II of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view through the hinged joint when closed.

Fig. 4 isa view thereof with the parts open, and

Figs.v 5 and 6 are perspective views of the joint forming end portions of the side sections of the shoe.

It being understood that the device is designed to provide a shoe for animals such as a horse and one that can be readily attached and detachedfrom the hoof without nails, the same broadly consists of a shoe 10 hav ing an arched base or shoe proper 11 for supporting the hoof of the animal, suitable calks 12 being arranged beneath the base 11 and an upwardly extending inturned marginal ange 13 being carried by the upper side of the base. An extension 14 is provided for the toe portion 15 of the flange 13 adapted to overlie the forward portion of the hoof and arranged with a perforation 16 therein adapted for receiving a strap or other suitable member, not shown, for assisting in retaining the shoe upon the hoof.

One side of the device is arranged with a hinged joint 17 substantially midway between the toe 15 of the shoe and the heel 18 thereof forming a swinging end section 19 hinged to the adjacent portion or side section 20 thereof. The hinged vjoint 17 is of special construction designed for bringing the strain incident to the operation of the device mainly against the inner engaging ends 21 and 22 of the base 11 instead of bringing the strain upon the hinge pin or pintle 23 of the joint 17.

The ends 24 and 25-of the flange 13 at the joining ends of the shoe sections 19 and 20 respectively are in the form of a hinge having the slot 26 of the end 24 adapted to receive the lug 27 of the end 25 while the pintle 23 passes through perforations 28 in the end 24 at opposite sides of the slot` 26 and also through an elongated opening 29 obliquely arranged through the lug 27. The I i' baseV end 22 is arranged with a V-shaped tooth 32 adapted for reception within the notch 30 when the hinge is closed, and a V-shaped tooth 33 may be arranged at the inner edge of the base end 22 for positioning adjacent the end face 34 of the linger 31 when the joint is closed.

Clamp connections 35 are arranged between the heel portions 18 of the shoe consisting of swiveled blocks 36 mounted upon the heels 18 and with a tubular socket 37 secured to one of the said blocks 36 and a turn-screw 38 freely passing through the other block 36 and threaded within the socket 37. By` turning the head 39 of the screw 38, the section 19 may be forced inwardly toward the opposite side of the shoe when the joint 17 is partially open, while turning the screw 38 in the opposite direction releases the heel portions 18, permitting the section 19 to be swung outwardly away from the opposite side of the shoe. In applying the device to an animals hoof, the screw 38 is moved upwardly of or supported from the socket 37 sufficiently to permit the hoof to be positioned upon the base 11 with the iiange 13 overlying the sides of the hoof. The position of the ends 21 and 22 of the base 11 when the joint 17 is open is best shown in Fig. 4 of the drawing; and on the shoe being applied to the -hoof as described, the screw 38 is turned for drawing the heel portions 18 together, thereby moving the tooth 32 inwardly of the notch 30 upon the inner face 40 of the linger 31 and with the pintle 23 at the inner end of the perforation 29, the inward swinging movement of the section 19'bringing the parts into their respective relations best illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawing.

When the joint 17 is closed as `shown 1n Fig. 3, the pintle 23 will be centrally arranged within the perforation 29 as also noted in Figs. 2 and 3 oi' the drawing, while the strain of travel is not upon the pintle 23 but substantially entirely upon the inter-engaging ends 2l and 22 of the base l1 forming a part of the joint 17.

A strong and 'serviceable horseshoe is arranged for ready attachment to the hoof of an aninnal7 a joint portion of the shoe rendering the operation possible, while the joint possesses great strength. when the device is in operation.

vt/That l' claini as new is i. A device of the class described coniprising a horseshoe having a hoof-support ing base, an upwardly and inwardly projecting hoot-positioning lange carried by the outer edge oi' the base, the said base and flange being severed at one side of the shoe forming slot and lug` hinge members at the adjacent ends of the fiange portions with perforations through the liange end at opposite sides of the slot adapted to aline with an oblique elongated perforation arranged through the said lug, a pin.- tle positioned through the said perforations,

Copies ef this patent may be obtained for and interengaging end portions for said base A device of the class described'comprising horseshoe having a hoof-supporting base, an upwardly and inwardly projecting yhoo-po'sitioning flange vCarried by the outer edge of the base, the said base and iange being severed at one side of the shoe i'orniing slot and lug hinge members at the adjacent ends of the fiange portions With p riorations through the flange end at opposite sides of the slot adapted to aline with an oblique elongated perforation arranged through the said lug, a pint-le positioned through the said perforations, thefsaid Sevcring of the base forming a notch in the end of the base adjacent the slotted end of the flange and with a projecting nger at the inner side of the base adjacent he notch and also providing teeth upon the djaeent end of the other portion of the base, one oil said teeth engaging within the sailtl notch and the other positioned adjacent the iree end of the iinger when the joint is closed with the device in its operative arrangement,

In testimony whereof I a-HX niy signature.

IVAN SMATI.

ve cents eaeh, by addressing the Commissioner of PatentsA Washington, 1L C. 

